What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Visitor - Tribal Home Visiting Program position at NAPPR?
Are you interested in supporting Native American families who have children under the age of 5? You can make a difference using approaches that will help the family thrive. If you are caring, culturally sensitive, and a hard worker- Please Apply!
The Tribal Home Visiting position provides ongoing and long-term individualized parenting support to Native American caregivers and their child(ren). Tribal Home Visitors use their skills and abilities to motivate families, develop family goals, address challenges, and celebrate milestones in a facilitated and caring approach. This position plays an essential role to carry out program and grant expectations by completing the necessary data collection and best practices through home visits with families. This position requires a highly motivated individual, who can work independently, and navigate on their own resources and information in urban and rural environmental settings. This position provides opportunities to further one's professional development in the skill as a Home Visitor as well as obtain recognized training and certifications for working with prenatal families, infants, toddlers, young children, and caregivers.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Child Development Associate (CDA) Certification or comparable one year state certification in child development or equivalent coursework as part of an associate's or bachelor's degree
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 2 years work experience with prenatal families, infants, toddlers and their caregivers
- Minimum 2 years work experience with "high-risk" or "high-needs" populations
- Experience working with Native American families and communities
Specialized or unique knowledge, skills or abilities:
- Certified Parent As Teacher Parent Educator (current certification highly desired)
- Certified Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator highly desired
- Certified Infant Massage Facilitator highly desired
- Excellent mental flexibility, motivation, and self-confidence
- Provide effective adult learning approaches and techniques with caregivers
- Excellent ability to learn large amounts of information quickly and effectively
- Excellent computer ability and skill with database software, Word, Excel, Outlook and other web and computer-based applications
- Ability to manage repetitive, instructional tasks, and multiple priorities
- Experience with current home visiting practices such as Reflective Supervision, parallel processes, trauma-informed care, etc.
NAPPR offers a competitive salary and great benefits package!
100% Benefits Paid | 13 Paid Annual Holidays | Generous Sick and Vacation Leave | Work/Life Balance Fridays
For more information on who we are and what we do, visit www.NAPPR.org
- Must pass a pre-employment background check
- No substantiation or criminal conviction of child abuse or neglect
- No conviction of DUI or other moving violations in the past 3 years which will prevent insurability under NAPPR's liability coverage